We are currently in fifth place in the league and are five points behind Vale who, to date, are unbeaten with eight wins and five draws from their thirteen games.
A win tomorrow would put us right up there in the chase for the title but it is clearly going to be a difficult game.
It's only our third game of 2011, and we've beaten Carlisle as well as getting a draw at Blackpool last week. Our last defeat in this league was against Rochdale in November and that remains our only league defeat since mid-September.
There is no team news as yet but Burnley should again have a strong team out with players returning from injury.